Authored by Alistair Crooke via ConsortiumNews.com,
Is Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu pushing the panic button over the collapse of the Saudi-Israeli jihadist proxies in Syria and now threatening to launch a major air war...
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South Koreans clashed with police ahead of the deployment of four more Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) systems in southern South Korea. Per Yonhapnews, the clash occurred as police were trying to disperse about 400 residents from their community center near the U.S. missile defense base in Seongju, some 300 kilometers south of Seoul.
Dear Russia: An Enemy Is Not A Partner
Paul Craig Roberts
Russians are concerned about Washington’s arbitrary closing of their San Francisco consulate and the illegal searching of diplomatic properties. There is no question that Washington has violated diplomatic protections and international law.
Why did Washington show its outlaw face to the world?
It appears the Democrats' plan - derided earlier by Paul Ryan - to keep any 'fix' for the debt-ceiling, short-term; has worked. Bloomberg reports that President Trump and Congress have agreed on a Harvey Aid, Debt-Limit extension continuing resolution through Dec 15th. T-Bill yields confirmed their earlier plunge and gold is tumbling on the short-term can-kicking effort.
In yet another attempt at de-escalation by the US, moments ago as president Trump was leaving the White House, he responded to a reporter question on whether there will be military action in North Korea, saying that "it's not his first choice", but adding that "we'll see what happens."